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  • Team Eglin strikes again, improves CAF capability

    To provide Air Combat Command the best assessment of Maritime Strike Operations, the 53rd Wing partnered with other members of the Team Eglin test community to deliver increased combat capability for the warfighter.The final phase of the two-year evaluation was a month-long test over the Gulf of

  • F-35: New fighter creates new culture for 21st Century and beyond

    She didn't have a smudge on her. Not a leak found anywhere. She even had that "new jet smell." Skies were blue, everything was perfect. Those were the conditions on that July day in 2011 when Lt. Col. Eric Smith took off from the Lockheed facilities at Fort Worth, Texas, in the first operational

  • Tyndall unit provides battlefield awareness for Eglin F-35s

    Air battle managers from the 337th Air Control Squadron here recently became eyes in the skies for the Air Force's newest 5th generation fighter. The F-35 Lightning II, based at Eglin Air Force Base with the 33rd Fighter Wing, requires a different set of operating rules than other fighters, and this

  • First unmanned QF-16 flight takes place

    The first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight occurred Sept. 19. The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron and Boeing conducted the flight, which is the first step in a two year process to phase out the QF-4 Full Scale Aerial Target. "The QF-4 did a good job for many years, but it's time to turn

  • Heroes not forgotten at POW/MIA ceremony

    Eglin honored National POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 20 by saluting its heroes and ceremoniously raising awareness of America's commitment to return all patriots home.Florida's proclamation of the day was read after a memorial atmosphere was set at the Air Force Armament Museum. "My wife and family

  • 337th TES B-1s fly maritime ops

    Since its introduction to the Air Force in 1986, the B-1B Lancer has been the backbone of the bomber fleet because of its speed, payload and continuously upgraded capabilities.On Sept. 4, a single B-1 from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron took off from Dyess Air Force Base, with the Gulf of

  • Eglin hosts security forces combatives instructor course

    The arm bar, guillotine and whip-over takedown were just a few of the defensive techniques learned and performed by 28 Airmen from the Eglin and Hurlburt Field security forces squadrons, during their combatives instructor course. The course, held here Sept. 9-13, is a week-long specific security